Participants increase in city’s Adopt-A-Street Program

VICTORVILLE • The city's Adopt-A-Street Program continues to grow, having recently hit its fifth year of operation, according to a Community Services Department official.

Fourteen groups joined Victorville's Adopt-AStreet Program in the past year, bringing the total number of participants to 27, according to Dana Armstrong, solid waste manager for the city.

"These groups of volunteers have committed to collect litter from their street or streets at least four times a year for a minimum two-year period," Armstrong said in a statement.

The largest group currently participating is People's Care. The group's clients started collecting litter on their own from Victorville parks. People's Care has adopted a number of streets, as well as walkways. In total, they have adopted all the walkways in the Eagle Ranch, Brentwood and Reno Loop areas.

According to People's Care Program Manager Lala Jones, the 50 to 60 individuals in the group who collect litter on any given day are working "to give back as people have given to them."

The longest serving volunteer group in the program is Victor Valley Church of Christ, which joined the program in June 2009.

For more information about Victorville's Adopt-A-Street Program, call the Community Services Department, Environmental Services Division at 760-955-5095.

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